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[PORTEUS, Beilby]. Sir ewain; or, the giant's cave. A holy moral. London. Bell & Daldy, 1860. First edition. 8vo. xxix, [3], 204pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30461

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PORTER, R.. The pleasures of home, with other poems. London. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy et al., 1821. Second edition. 8vo. [4], ii, [2], 128pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone plain paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Spine a trifle rubbed, light marking to boards, loss to lettering-piece. Lightly foxed. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP; 'Mr. Edwd. Brooks - / with R. Porter's, christian regard, / Oct. 2 - 1821 -'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 14148

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POPE, Mr. [Alexander]. One thousand seven hundred and thirty eight. A dialogue Something like horace. London. Printed for T. Cooper, [1738]. [4], 10pp, [2]. A reimpression of the impression with '(Price One Shilling.)' on the title page; sig. D under 'her'. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. ESTC T5720, Foxon P933

[Bound with:] POPE, Mr. [Alexander]. One thousand seven hundred and thirty eight. Dialogue II. London. Printed for R. Dodsley, 1738. First Edition, second state, with 'Fools' corrected to 'Tools' on the ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30338

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POPE, Alexander. The dunciad, variorum. With the prolegomena of scriblerus.. London. Printed for A. Dod, 1729. First edition. Quarto. 16, [2], 6, 9-29, [3], 118pp, cxix-cxxiv, [2]. With an engraved title page and terminal index. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily worn, with lower joint cracked and upper joint split, significant loss to corners, slight losses to head and foot of spine. Armorial bookplate of Richard Bingham to FEP. Early inked inscriptions of Robert Eddowes to FFEP, dated 1748, and ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30339

POPE, [Alexander]. Of the use of riches, an epistle To the Right Honorable allen Lord bathurst. London. Printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver, 1732 [ ie. 1733] First edition. Folio. [2], 20pp. Recent marbled paper boards. Early manuscript mathematical calculations to title page and verso of final leaf, single early manuscript correction to text, occasional spotting/damp-staining. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 27446

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POPE, Alexander. The poetical works of alexander pope. London. William Pickering, 1835. Aldine edition of British Poets. 8vo. In three volumes. clxiii, [1], 168; viii, 311, [1]; vii, [1], 363pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary dark green half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spines, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed. Very occasional light browning. Armorial bookplates of Bernard Lord Coleridge to versos of FFEPs, ink-stamp of H. J. Coleridge and inked gift inscription 'Henry James Coleridge ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 26043

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POPE, Alexander. The works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In nine columes, complete. With notes and illustrations by Joseph Warton, D. D. and others. Basil. Printed and sold by J. J. Tourneisen, 1803. 8vo. In nine volumes. Contemporary calf-backed decorated paper boards, gilt. A trifle marked, some wear to spines. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 16694

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[POLITICAL SONGS]. Bibliotheca Curiosa. The Political Songs of England, from the reign of John to that of Edward II. Edinburgh. Privately Printed, 1884. 8vo. Limited edition of 275 small paper copies 'issued only to subscribers'. Four volumes bound as one. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25565

[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Winter Songs and Sketches. London. Griffith, Farran and Company, [1887]. 16mo. 30pp, [2]. With a half-title and numerous illustrations in the text (several full-page) Sewn, as issued, in original publisher's pictorial card wrappers, A.E.G. With original publisher's pictorial buff dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, dustwrapper worn and spotted, upper flap detached, lower wrap absent. Contemporary inked gift inscription to half-title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28166

[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. The Harvest Moon. London. Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [1888]. 12mo. [12]pp. Original publisher's pictorial limp card boards, original pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrapper a trifle chipped and lightly browned, else clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28164

[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. The Bee, a Selection of poetry, from the best Authors. London. Printed and Sold by Darton & Harvey, 1797. New edition. 12mo. [8], 204pp. With an engraved title page. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurt to FEP, near contemporary ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21850

[POETRY]. The poet and the muse. London. Printed and Sold by R. Amy, 1737. First edition. Folio. [2], 16pp, [2]. With a half-title ( bearing the imprint 'Dublin: printed, and re-printed in London, and sold by R. Amey...') and a final leaf of publishers advertisements. Uncut, later stab-stitched. A trifle browned and dusty. Later inked ownership inscription to half-title, contemporary manuscript inscription to recto of final leaf: 'Mr. Alex. Williamson / Merkle Mains Parish of Preston / near Haddington / I. The ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 25309

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[POETRY]. [Early Nineteenth-century manuscript commonplace]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. 62pp, [78]. Handsomely bound in Regency diced calf. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Rubbed to spine and extremities, joints just starting. Ink inscription of Mrs J. Ram and newspaper clipping of two stanzas by Lord Byron to verso of FFEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 13126

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[POETICAL MISCELLANY]. The Poetical Farrago: Being A Miscellaneous Assemblage of Epigrams and Other Jeux D'Esprit, Selected from the Most Approved Writers. Volume the First[- Second]. London. Printed By G. Stafford, for J. Deighton, 1794. First Edition. 8vo. [2], xv, [1], 192. xvi, 192pp. Contemporary sprinkled calf, black morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed, slight cracking to joints and chipping to lettering-pieces. Bumping to corners. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 9989

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[POETICAL KEEPSAKE]. The poetical keepsake: consisting of the sweetest poems, by the most eminent british and american poets. Halifax. Milner and Sowerby, 1861. First edition. 8vo. 352pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a further six engraved plates. Original publisher's purple decorative cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32385

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[POETICAL EXTRACTS]. Twenty Six Choice Poetical Extracts selected from Celebrated Authors, and Printed from copper plates Engraved Expressly for the Work, Each embellished with a Beautiful Vignette, Illustrative of the Subject. London. Published by Robert Miller [s.d., c.1820] First edition. 12mo. Engraved title page, 27 engraved leaves printed on rectos only, 12pp of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities worn, some surface loss to boards, worm-hole to upper joint. Hinges exposed, contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, small worm-trail running through lower margins, horizontal tears to two leaves (touching text), foxed and dust-soiled. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21577

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[POETICAL EPISTLES]. Poetical epistles, to the author of the new bath guide, from s genteel family in ----shire. London. Printed by T. and J. W. Pasham, 1767. First edition. Quarto. [4], 27pp, [1]. With a half-title and a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Modern calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Early inked ownership inscription to head of half-title, foxed. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32990

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[POETICAL ABRIDGEMENT], [KING, William]. A Poetical Abridgement, Both in Latin and English, Of the Reverend Mr. Tutor Bentham's Letter to A Young Gentleman of oxford. To which are added Some Remarks on the Letter to a Fellow of a College. London. Printed for W. Owen, 1749. First edition. 8vo. 61pp, [1]. Parallel English and Latin text. Without half-title. Later marbled wrappers. Extremities worn, loss to spine and corners, title in manuscript to head of upper wrapper. Later inked ownership inscription to head of title page, foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 14719

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PLAUTUS. M. Acci Plauti Sarsinatis comœdiæ xx. superstites. Francofurti [i.e. Frankfurt]. Impensis Ionæ Rhodii, 1610. 8vo. [50], 899pp, [3]. Engraved portrait of Plautus on title page, engraved portrait of Johann Philipp Pareus on following leaf. Bound in later brown sailcloth, title embroidered in white thread to spine. Small central hole to title page, slight loss to lower corner of leaf Ii2, dampstained, some softening, occasional marginal worm-tracks, very occasional early manuscript annotations. Octagonal ink-stamps to verso of title page reading Octagonal ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 33493

PLATH, Sylvia. Crossing the water. London. Faber and Faber, 1971. First edition. 8vo. 64pp. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver, with the unclipped dustwrapper. Wrapper significantly smoke stained, with a few scuffs. Internally bright and clean, but for associated smoke odour, with the boards remaining sharp. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes (though without indication of such), recently dispersed; the smoke damage is the result of an errant cigarette dropped by Olwyn down the back of her ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29565